Incarceration vs. Imprisonment
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Difference Between Incarceration and Imprisonment
Incarcerationnoun
The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
Imprisonmentnoun
A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.
Incarcerationnoun
strangulation, as in hernia.
Imprisonmentnoun
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
Incarcerationnoun
A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Imprisonmentnoun
the state of being imprisoned;
he was held in captivity until he diedthe imprisonment of captured soldiershis ignominious incarceration in the local jailhe practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeonADVERTISEMENT
Incarcerationnoun
the state of being imprisoned;
he was held in captivity until he diedthe imprisonment of captured soldiershis ignominious incarceration in the local jailhe practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeonImprisonmentnoun
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
